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12 Expert Google Search Tips

Explicit Phrase:
Let’s say you are looking for content about internet marketing.
Instead of just typing internet marketing into the
Google search box, you will likely be better off searching explicitly for
the phrase. To do this, simply enclose the search phrase within
double quotes.

Example: "internet marketing"

Exclude Words:
Let’s say you want to search for content about internet marketing, but you
want to exclude any results that contain the term advertising.
To do this, simply use the "-" sign in front of the word
you want to exclude.

Example Search: internet marketing -advertising

Site Specific Search:
Often, you want to search a specific website for content that matches a
certain phrase. Even if the site doesn’t support a built-in search
feature, you can use Google to search the site for your term. Simply use
the "site:somesite.com" modifier.

Example: "internet marketing"
site:www.smallbusinesshub.com

Similar Words and Synonyms:
Let’s say you want to include a word in your search, but want to include
results that contain similar words or synonyms. To do this, use the
"~" in front of the word.

Example: "internet marketing" ~professional

Specific Document Types:
If you’re looking to find results that are of a specific type, you can use
the modifier "filetype:". For example, you might want to
find only PowerPoint presentations related to internet marketing.

Example: "internet marketing" filetype:ppt

This OR That:
By default, when you do a search, Google will include all the terms
specified in the search. If you are looking for any one of one or
more terms to match, then you can use the OR operator. (Note: The OR
has to be capitalized).

Example: internet marketing OR advertising

Phone Listing:
Let’s say someone calls you on your mobile number and you don’t know who
it is. If all you have is a phone number, you can look it up on
Google using the phonebook feature.

Example: phonebook:617-555-1212 (note: the provided number does
not work – you’ll have to use a real number to get any results).

Area Code Lookup:
If all you need to do is to look-up the area code for a phone number, just
enter the 3-digit area code and Google will tell you where it’s from.

Example: 617

Numeric Ranges:
This is a rarely used, but highly useful tip. Let’s say you want to
find results that contain any of a range of numbers. You can do this
by using the X..Y modifier (in case this is hard to read, what’s between
the X and Y are two periods.) This type of search is useful for
years (as shown below), prices, or anywhere where you want to provide a
series of numbers.

Example: president 1940..1950

Stock (Ticker Symbol):
Just enter a valid ticker symbol as your search term and Google will give
you the current financials and a quick thumb-nail chart for the stock.

Example: GOOG

Calculator:
The next time you need to do a quick calculation, instead of bringing up
the Calculator applet, you can just type your expression in to Google.

Example: 48512 * 1.02

Word Definitions:
If you need to quickly look up the definition of a word or phrase, simply
use the "define:" command.

Example: define:plethora

Hope
this list of Google search tips proves useful in your future Google searches.
If there are any of your favorite Google expert power tips that I’ve
missed, please feel free to share them in the comments.

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